STAND. COM. REP. NO.  99

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 665

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 665 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to include employees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in the collective bargaining process available to public employees.

 

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO submitted testimony in support of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee notes that the Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified that its Board of Trustees has not yet taken a vote on the Board's position on this measure.  Your Committee finds that it is prudent to allow this measure to continue through the legislative process to allow the Board an opportunity to express its position.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to December 24, 2088, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 665, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 665, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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KANIELA ING, Chair